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The Cambridge introduction to narrative / H. Porter Abbott.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021Edition: Third editionDescription: xix, 273 pages illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108830782
  • 9781108823357
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Cambridge introduction to narrative.DDC classification:
  • 808.036 23
Contents:
Narrative and life -- Defining narrative -- The borders of narrative -- The rhetoric of narrative -- Closure -- Narration -- Interpreting narrative -- Three ways to interpret narrative -- Adaptation across media -- Character and self in narrative -- Narrative and truth -- Narrative worlds -- Narrative contestation -- Narrative negotiation : conflict revisited -- Narrative negotiation : closure revisited.
Summary: "The purpose of this book is to help readers understand what narrative is, how it is constructed, how it acts upon us, how we act upon it, how it is transmitted, how it changes when the medium or the cultural context change, and how it is found not just in the arts but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives, many times a day. This book grounds its treatment of narrative by introducing it as a human phenomenon that is not restricted to literature, film, and theatre, but is found in all activities that involve the representation of events in time. At the same time, the book honors the fact that out of this common capability have come rich and meaningful narratives that we come back to and reflect on repeatedly in our lives. In organization, the book introduces the subject of narrative by moving outward from simplicity to complexity, from the component parts of narrative to its numerous effects, including its extraordinary rhetorical power, and thence to issues of interpretation, what happens when works are adapted across media, and the ways in which we think and interact through narrative"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Narrative and life -- Defining narrative -- The borders of narrative -- The rhetoric of narrative -- Closure -- Narration -- Interpreting narrative -- Three ways to interpret narrative -- Adaptation across media -- Character and self in narrative -- Narrative and truth -- Narrative worlds -- Narrative contestation -- Narrative negotiation : conflict revisited -- Narrative negotiation : closure revisited.

"The purpose of this book is to help readers understand what narrative is, how it is constructed, how it acts upon us, how we act upon it, how it is transmitted, how it changes when the medium or the cultural context change, and how it is found not just in the arts but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives, many times a day. This book grounds its treatment of narrative by introducing it as a human phenomenon that is not restricted to literature, film, and theatre, but is found in all activities that involve the representation of events in time. At the same time, the book honors the fact that out of this common capability have come rich and meaningful narratives that we come back to and reflect on repeatedly in our lives. In organization, the book introduces the subject of narrative by moving outward from simplicity to complexity, from the component parts of narrative to its numerous effects, including its extraordinary rhetorical power, and thence to issues of interpretation, what happens when works are adapted across media, and the ways in which we think and interact through narrative"-- Provided by publisher.

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